white titi

2 definitions found

white titi - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
     1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia  monophylla
        ) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant
        white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called
        also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as
        white titi.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

white titi - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  white titi
      n 1: shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West
           Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white
           flowers and orange and crimson foliage [syn: cyrilla,
           leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora]